| Stock Code: B19451B | | Publisher Code: H4866 | | ISBN 13: 9781844258666 | | Published: 2011 | | Pages: 196 | | Dimensions: 215x275mm | | Illustrations: Hard Bound, Colour ill |
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Book Description
NASA's Space Shuttle is unique in being the only winged manned spacecraft to achieve earth orbit and land back again, and the only reusable space vehicle ever to make multiple flights into orbrt. To blast a Shuttle off the ground and into earth orbit takes 71/2 million pounds of thrust, burning 1,000 gallons of liquid propellants and 20,000lb of solid fuel every second.
The Shuttle's primary missions are to carry large payloads into earth orbit, provide crew rotation for the International Space Station, and perform a variety of different service missions. Designed between 1969 and 1972 and first flown into space in 1981, six Orbiters have been built (Enterprise, Columbia, Challenger, Atlantis, Discovery and Endeavour) but only five have flown in space. When it is retired in 2011 the Shuttle will have flown almost 140 missions.
The Haynes NASA Space Shuttle Manual explores the Shuttle's design, construction and use, and provides detailed information about the technical attention required before and after a mission. There is full explanation of the operation of its systems for life support, electrical power production, cooling, propulsion, flight control, communications, landing and avionics.
More than 250 photographs and technical illustrations complement the authoritative text, giving an insight into the design, construction and operation of this marvel of space-age technology.
About the Author
Dr David Baker worked with NASA on the Gemini, Apollo and Shuttle programmes between 1965 and 1990. He has written more than 80 books on spaceflight technology and is a former editor of Jane's Spaceflight Directory. He lives in Sussex. |
